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PAPER ROLL HOLDER.

APPLICATION mzo 1mm. 1919.

1,314,267. Patenfed Aug. 26,1919.

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4 M a D US awwwntoz T/Vf/ouse UNITE STATES THOMAS M. HOUSE, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR T0 HOUSE HARDWARE COMPANY, OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

PAPER-ROLL HOLDER.

Application filed January 29, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TrioMAs M. HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Richmond, in'the county of Henrico and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Roll Holders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to devices for supporting rolls of paper in such position that the paper may be readily unrolled and cut off in convenient lengths, and particularly to a device of this character wherein the roll of paper is supported in a vertical position.

The general object of this invention is to provide a structure of this character which shall require a relatively small amount of material for its construction and which shall be correspondingly cheaper than devices heretofore used for this purpose.

A further object is to provide a cutting blade which is operatively supported at one end upon the roll spindle and at its other end operatively supported upon the base whereby to do away with the necessity of using a separate vertical support for the cutter blade and eliminating the consequent cost of this support.

A further object is to provide improved means for mounting the cutter blade so that when the cutter blade is detached from its operative connection at its upper end with the spindle, it may be turned away from the spindle and entirely out of the Way of the roll so that the roll may be readily removed and replaced.

A further object is to provide improved means for maintaining an operative connection between the upper end of the cutter blade and the spindle and locking the cutter blade in its vertical position, said means being so constructed as to take up wear and slack and preventing any rattling of the arts or loose joints.

Still another object is to provide 1mproved means for resiliently urging the cutter blade toward the roll of paper.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a paper Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 26, 1919.

Serial No. 273,819.

roll holder constructed in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a top )lan view of the upper portion of the holder showing the locking and blade tensioning device in operative position; V

Fig. 3 is a like view to Fig. 2, but showing the locking and blade tensioning device thrown out of operative position;

' Fig. 4 is a section on the line of Fig. 1 with a portion of the disk 19 broken away;

Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the paper roll holder showing the cutting knife turned to a horizontal position to permit the replacement of a roll upon the spindle; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional view through this spindle and looking down upon the hub 12 and pin 15.

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that the base 10, which is preferably made of cast metal, but may be constructed in any suitable manner, has an opening 11 at its center and that attached to the center of the base in any suitable manner or formed therewith, is an upstanding hub 12. The margin of the base is downwardly turned or flanged, as at 13, and the base is provided with apertures for the passage of screws, whereby the base may be held upon a counter or other support.

Extending upward from the base is a spindle 14 which, at its lower end, is screwthreaded and is provided with a transversely extending pin 15 which rests in notches 16 formed in the hub 12. Engaging the lower end of the spindle 1 L is the nut 17 which bears against the under side of the base 10 and holds the pin 15 seated, but permits the spindle to be readily disengaged from the base when desired.

Loosely surrounding the spindle 14. is a tapered centering collar 18, to which is attached the disk 19. The roll of paper A rests upon this disk, with the spindle 1 extending through the core a. of the roll. At its upper end, the spindle 14' is cut away at 20 to provide a centrally disposed, up-

wardly extending lug 21, which is notched, as at 22, the opposite upper and lower faces of the'notch being convergently disposed.

As illustrated, the base 10 formed at one point with a boss 23 adjacent the margin of the base, and pivoted upon the upper face of this boss is a lever 24, the inner end of which is connected to a coiled contractile spring 25, which extends across the upper face of the base and is, at its end, connected to a stud or pin 26. The outer'end of the lever 24'is formed to provide two ears 27 and coacting with these ears is an arm 28 which is angularly bent, as at 29, the down wardly extending portion of this arm having at its end a hinge bead 3O coacting with the ears 27 and through which a pintle 31 passes, this pintle being in the form of a bolt so that it may be removed. It will be noted that the metallic strip forming the arm 28 is twisted in its length at 32 so that the greater portion of this arm is disposed in a vertical plane, thus securing full strength for the metal strip and rendering it easy to attach the strip to the cutter blade 33.

To the upper end of the cutter blade3 is attached an arm 34 which, at its outer end, is pivotally .connected by a pivot 35 to a supporting member or bracket 36. This consists of a fiat strip of metal which, at its ends opposite the pivot 35, is formed to pro vide an inwardly extending slot 37 having a depth -greater than the depth of the lug 21, the opposite walls of the slot at their inner ends being parallel and spaced a distance just sufficient to receive the lug 21, while these walls at their outer ends are divergently related. Pivoted to the slotted end of the bracket 36 beyond the inner end of the slot 37, is a locking arm 38 which rests upon the upper face of the bracket 36 and which, when this bracket is in place, extends into the notch 22, as illustrated in Fig. 2, and binds against the convergently beveled walls of the notch. The outer end of this arm 38 is engaged by a coiled contractile spring 39'whose other end is engaged with apin or stud 40 on the arm 34. This spring 39, therefore, urges the arm 38 into its engagement with the notch 22 so as to lock the bracket 36 firmly upon the upper end of the spindle 14 and also acts with the spring 25 to urge the blade 33 against theroll of paper.

The blade 33 as illustrated in Fig. 2, is made of a strip of sheet metal bent to form a longitudinally extending bead 40 intermediate the edges of the strip, and to provide a fiat portion 41 and a depending flange 42. This flat portion 41bears flat against the arms 28 and 34, the flange 42 being notched to permit the passage of these arms and the blade is held to the arms by rivets, screws, or other suitable fastening devices 43.

In the use of this device, the roll of paper is placed upon the spindle 14 and rests upon the rotatable disk 19. The paper A is wounduipon a core a which is formed with a longitudinally extending passage, this being the usual construction of these paper rolls (though more than one core may be used), and a centering bushing 44 having a tapered hub is disposed in the upper end of this bore, this bushing fitting loosely upon the spindle 14. i The lower end ofthe core a rests upon the tapered bushing 18 which forms. the hub of the disk 14. In order to put the paper roll in place, the arm 38 is turned from its locking position in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 2 to a position whereit extends in an opposite direction to its former position. Then the bracket may be slipped from its engagement with the spindle 14 by tilting the blade 33.- This tilting movement is permitted by the hinged .joint of the arm 28 with the lever 24. This joint permits the blade to be tilted entirely away from the spindle 14 and to a depending position if desired, or to a horizontal position, depending upon where the device is mounted. After the roll of paper is disposed upon the spindle, the bushing 44 is placed upon the spindle with its tapered hub within the upper end of the core and then the knife or cutter 33 is brought back to its Vertical position so that its edge bears against the paper and the slotted end of the bracket 36 is shifted into position to engage the lug 21 and the locking bar 38 is shifted into engagement with the notch 22 in the manner heretofore described. Under these circumstances, the springs 25 and 39 will act to urge the cutter or blade 33 into contact with the paper. The device is then all ready for use.

It will be seen that a construction of this kind may be relatively cheaply made because of the fact that it has but few parts, and that no separate rod orstandard is used for supporting the arms carrying the cutter 33. It will likewise be seen that my construction permits the cutter to be readily shifted from its operative position to a position entirely out of the way where it will not in any manner interfere with the removal of an old core from the spindle or the replacement thereof by a new roll.

While I have heretofore described this device as being vertical, yet it will be understood that the spindle might be disposed in a horizontal plane. It is to be noted that all of the parts of this device are readily disassembled so as to permit the device to be compactly arranged for packing and transportation. Thus, for instance, the spindle 14 may be easily detached from the base and the arm 28 detached from the lever 24 by permits the ready disassembling of the parts, it also permits the easy assembling of them.

I have found this device to be particularly effective in practice, and while I have illustrated an embodiment of my invention which I believe to be particularly good and economical in construction, it is obvious that the details of construction and arrangements of parts might be varied in many respects without departing from the spirit of the invention as embodied in the appended claims.

I claim 1. A paper roll support including a base,

a roll spindle mounted thereon, a member hinged to the base for movement in a plane parallel to the spindle, a blade carried by said member and normally extending parallel to the spindle, means at the upper end of the blade for detachably engaging it with the spindle, and a spring carrled upon said member and upon the last named means urging the blade yieldingly toward the spindle.

2. A aper roll support including a spindle, a blade normally extending parallel to the spindle and hingedly supported at one end whereby the blade may be shifted into or out of parallel relation to the spindle, and means acting when the blade is parallel to the spindle to urge the blade bodily in a direction toward the spindle.

3. A paper roll support including a base, a roll spindle mounted thereon, a paper cutting blade normally extending parallel to the spindle, a member carrying the cutting blade and hinged to the base for movement in a plane parallel to the spindle, means for operatively locking the blade in a position parallel to the spindle, and means for yieldingly urging the blade toward the spindle.

4. A paper roll support including abase, a spindle mounted thereon, a paper cutting blade, means pivotally supporting the blade upon the base at one end of the blade whereby the blade may be turned into or out of angular relation to the spindle to Permit a roll of paper to be disposed upon the spindle, and means on the free end of the blade for detachably engaging the free end of the blade with the spindle and locking it thereto.

5. A paper roll support including a base, a spindle mounted thereon, a paper cutting blade, and means on the base and spindle for supporting the blade and resiliently urging it toward the spindle, said means being hinged to the base to permit the cutting blade to be bodily shifted in a plane parallel to the plane of the spindle toward or away from the spindle, engaged with the end of the spindle opposite the base.

6. A paper roll support including a base and a roll spindle mounted thereon, a cutting blade normally extending parallel to and being detachablythe spindle, arms supporting the cutting blade, one of said arms being opcratively hinged to the base for movement in a plane parallel to the spindle and operatively pivoted to the base for movement in a plane at right angles to the spindle, and a member to which the other arm is pivoted detachably engaging the end of the spindle opposite the base, and a spring urging the blade toward the spindle.

7. A paper roll support and base, a roll spindle mounted thereon, a lever pivoted to the base for movement in a plane at right angles to the spindle, a cutting blade normally extending parallel to the spindle, an arm at one end of the cutting blade having hinged engagement through said lever for movement in a plane parallel to the plane of the spindle, a bracket detachably engaging the opposite end of the spindle, a cutter blade arm pivoted to said bracket, and means for detachably locking said bracket to the spindle.

8. A paper roll support and base, a roll spindle mounted thereon, a lever pivoted to the base for movement in a plane at right angles to the spindle, a cutting blade nor mally extending parallel to the spindle, an arm at one end of the cutting blade having hinged engagement throu h said lever for movement in a plane paral el to the plane of the spindle, the opposite end of the spindle, arm pivoted to said bracket, means for detachably locking said bracket to the spindle, and springs, one mounted upon the base and engaging said. lever and the other operatively mounted upon the bracket and engaging the adjacent bladecarrying arm, said springs urging the blade toward the spindle.

9. A paper roll support including a base, a spindle mounted thereon and having a notch at its end opposite the base, a paper cutting blade normally extendin parallel to the spindle, means on the base or hingedly and pivotally supporting said blade, an arm carried by the opposite end of the blade, a

a bracket detachably engaging a cutter blade bracket to which the arm is pivoted having an opening through which the notched end of the spindle is adapted to pass, a locking arm pivoted upon said bracket and having locking engagement in said notch, and a spring engaging one extremity of the locking arm and the arm supporting the blade and urging the locking arm to its holding position and the cutting blade to its operative position.

10. A paper roll support including a roll spindle having a longitudinally extending lug at one end and having a width less than the diameter of the spindle and being notched at right angles to the axis of the spindle, a bracket formed at one end with a notch to embrace said lug, a locking member pivoted to the bracket and shiftable into engagement with said notch in the lug to thereby lock-the bracket to the spindle, a paper cutting blade operatively supported upon the bracket, and means for yieldingly urging said blade toward the spindle.

l1.-A paper roll support including a roll spindle having a longitudinally extending lug at one end and having a width less than the diameter of the spindle and being notched at right angles to the axis of the spindle, a bracket formed with anotch at one end to embrace said lug, a locking member pivoted tothe bracket and shiftable into engagement with said notch in the lug to thereby lock the bracket to the spindle, a

paper cutting blade operatively supported upon the bracket, and means for yieldingly urging said blade toward the spindle, and including a spring operatively connected to the cutting blade and to the free end of the locking member. g

12. A paper roll support including a base, a spindle mounted thereon and having a notch at its end opposite the base, a paper cutting blade normally extending parallel to the spindle, means on the base for hingedly and pivotally supporting said blade, an arm carried by the opposite end of the blade, a bracket to which the arm is pivoted having an opening through which the notched end of the spindle is adapted to pass, a locking arm pivoted upon said bracket and having locking engagement in said notch, and a spring engaging'one extremity of the locking arm and the arm supporting the blade and urging the locking arm to its holding position and the cutting blade to its operative position, one wall of the notch being convergently inclined relative to the opposite wall whereby to cause the locking member to bind within said notch. p v

13. A paper roll support including a base, a spindle detachably engaged with the base, a disk loosely rotating on said spindle and supported in spaced relation to the base, the spindle at the end opposite the base being formed with an upwardly projecting lug and the lug being notched, a lever pivoted to the base and extending beyond said disk, an arm angularly bent at one end to extend over the base and disk and hinged to said lever for movement in a plane parallel to the plane of the spindle, a paper cutting blade having its lower end connected to said arm and normally extending parallel to the spindle, a bracket having a notch at one end adapted to embrace the lug on the upper end of the spindle, a locking arm pivoted on said bracket and normally en-' Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the gaging in the notch, an arm pivoted on the opposite end of the bracket from said notch and to which the upper end of the blade is attached, a spring attached to the free end of the locking arm and to said blade supporting arm and yieldingly urging the blade toward the spindle and yieldingly holding the locking arm in place in the notch, and a spring attached at one end to the base and at its other end to said lever and yieldingly rotating the lower end of the blade toward the spindle.

14. A paper roll support including a base, a roll spindle carried thereby, a blade operatively supported at one end upon the base for swinging movement into or out of angular relation to the spindle, a supporting member mounted upon the other end of the blade and detachably engaging with the end of the spindle opposite the base, and means for detachably locking the supporting member to said spindle.

15. A paper roll support including a base, a roll spindle carried thereby, ablade coacting with the roll spindle, means for engaging one end of the blade with said spindle comprising a supporting member detachably engaging with the spindle, a locking arm pivoted upon the supporting member and detachably engaging the spindle to lock the supporting member in place thereon, a spring operatively engaged with the blade and locking arm and placed under tension to urge the blade toward the spindle when the locking arm is in its locking position. I

16. A paper roll support including a base, a roll spindle carried thereby, a paper cutting blade coacting with the spindle and normally extending parallel thereto but movable out of parallel relation, a supporting member mounted upon one end of the blade and detachably engaging the spindle, a locking device mounted upon the supporting member and interlocking with the spindle to hold the supporting member in place thereon, said blade being pivotally connected to the supporting member for movement toward Or from the spindle in parallel relation thereto, and a spring operatively connected to the blade and to said locking means and placed) under "tension by the shifting of the locking means into engagement with the spindle. V r

In testimony whereotI hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS M. HOUSE. Witnesses:

FRnnERIo B. WRIGHT, ROBERT A. BOSWELL.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

